Best of Functional Programming — November 2024

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   The Miners·2y

   Three Functional Programming Concepts To Start Using Today And Make Your Code Better Especially if you don't code in a functional programming language

   Explore three key concepts of Functional Programming, notably Lambda Calculus, Pure Functions, and Composition, and their practical implementation in JavaScript. Learn how adopting these principles can make your code more predictable, easier to test, and maintainable, especially for developers dealing with non-functional programming languages.

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   Lobsters·1y

   Gleam's Lustre is Frontend Development's Endgame

   This post introduces OmniMessage, a tool built in Gleam designed to solve client-server state synchronization issues. It elaborates on how Gleam, a functional language with C-style syntax, along with Lustre, its major frontend framework, offer an exceptional developer experience. The post demonstrates how to build a chat application using Lustre's Model-View-Update (MVU) architecture and explains how OmniMessage extends Lustre to provide a seamless client-server state management solution. OmniMessage combines client, server, and hybrid state management for efficient and maintainable code.

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   .NET Blog·2y

   Advanced Pattern Matching in C#

   Oliver Sturm discusses the evolution and advanced use cases of pattern matching in C#. He delves into the historical development of pattern matching features from C# 7 to C# 11, showcasing how these features simplify complex data structures and support functional programming paradigms. Specific examples and code snippets illustrate how C# now rivals functional languages like Haskell in handling pattern matching tasks.

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